With the weekend nearly here, check out Wallace Baine’s Best 9 recommendations for things to do around Santa Cruz County via Lookout’s BOLO events calendar.
Scotts Valley
Thursday evening traffic: Highway 1 facing closures until Aug 29
Thursday traffic trouble spots around Santa Cruz County.
Wednesday evening traffic: Watsonville crash, Aptos hazard, Hwy 1 closure
Wednesday traffic trouble spots around Santa Cruz County.
Santa Cruz County business filings: Week of Aug. 12
Lookout Santa Cruz reviews the public filings from local businesses to report on new businesses starting in the area.
Lily Belli on Food: Hope in pop-up crab traps; local’s canning how-to book; lemon cucumber overload
Around Santa Cruz County food & drink with Lookout correspondent Lily Belli.
Tuesday evening traffic: Highway 1 closures in Capitola/Soquel; hit and run
Tuesday traffic trouble spots around Santa Cruz County.
Monday evening traffic: Spreckels Dr & Soquel Dr closed; Hwy 1 closures
Monday traffic trouble spots around Santa Cruz County.
Carmageddon: RTC still facing funding gap for passenger rail environmental work
As the Santa Cruz County Regional Transportation Commission’s passenger rail project continues to move forward, the agency still needs to find funding for the project’s environmental analysis. While it would prefer to secure a state or federal grant for the work, it could come down to a commission decision to allocate local funds.
Best of Santa Cruz County food & drink events, Aug. 8-14
Lookout food & drink correspondent Lily Belli highlights top events happening around Santa Cruz County this weekend and into next week, plus more listings from Lookout’s BOLO events calendar.
Friday evening traffic: Watsonville crashes, Hwy 1 closure in Capitola
Friday traffic trouble spots around Santa Cruz County.

